12 underrated sitcoms you should check out

Mental illness, family dysfunction, drug addiction, and PTSD aren't usually conducive to hilarious comedy, but somehow they manage to form the basis of a lot of laughs in "You 're the Worst'.

This boldly inventive FXX sitcom focused on the unlikely train wreck of a romance between two deeply damaged people in present-day Los Angeles: Jimmy Shive-Overly (Chris Geere), a narcissistic novelist Briton, and Gretchen Cutler (Aya Cash), a music industry publicist struggling with deeply depressive tendencies and a streak of self-destruction.

Their respective best friends are also on board; Edgar Quintero (Desmond Borges), an Iraq War veteran struggling with PTSD, and Lindsay Jillian, a party girl who married nerdy Paul Jillian (Allan McLeod) for his money. Other supporting characters include Becca Barbara (Janet Varney), Lindsay's sister (and Jimmy's ex), and her husband Vernon (Todd Robert Anderson), an orthopedic surgeon with sisterhood sensibility.

Few TV comedies have managed to combine such serious issues with a sense of nonsensical silliness, especially with the fan-favorite episodes of “Sunday Funday,” which took the concept of a boozy brunch to surreal heights ("Sunday Funday, better than a Monday, you can only do it a day, and that's the drunken way," goes the infectious theme song for the gang). Despite the excessive cynicism and flippant cruelty of the characters, "You're the Worst" is ultimately about human connection and all the pain, joy and confusion that can bring.